Ban Mê Thuột
From Thai บ้าน (bâan) or Lao ບ້ານ (bān, “village”) + Thai แม่ (mâe) or Lao ແມ່ (mǣ, “mother”) + Rade Thuôt (from Y Thuôt, a Rade personal name; rendered in Thai as ถ็วต (t̄h̆wt)), literally "Thuôt's mother's village"; compare Buôn Ma Thuột (“Thuôt's father's village”)